I'm exasperated by 99% of the comments that I'm seeing about what should be blamed for the murder of two Israeli embassy employees in Washington DC. Almost everyone is blaming either antisemitism or the situation in Gaza.

What we SHOULD be blaming, in my opinion, is the availability of guns. The murderer was able to carry out two murders in seconds BECAUSE HE HAD A GUN. If he hadn't had a gun, he may well have carried out an attack using a kitchen knife or other weapon, and it's possible that his victims would still have died. However, there would have been a much greater chance of them surviving.

There will always be people who wish to do others harm. We can't stop every attack. What we can do, and must do, is make attacks less likely to be lethal. We need gun control in the United State.

Windows 95 chime composer Brian #Eno denounces Microsoft for its ties to #Israeli government | The Verge
https://www.theverge.com/news/671864/brian-eno-windows-95-chime-microsoft-israel-palestine-statement

Violent Israeli settlers under #UK sanctions join illegal West Bank outpost

Exclusive: Neria Ben Pazi and Zohar Sabah witnessed visiting base set up to drive Palestinians from homes

from #TheGuardian #Guardian
Thu 22 May 2025 14.56 EDT

"Two violent #Israeli settlers on whom sanctions were imposed by the UK government this week have joined a campaign to drive #Palestinians from their homes in the #WestBank village of Mughayyir al-Deir."

https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/may/22/violent-israeli-settlers-under-uk-sanctions-join-west-bank-outpost?CMP=share_btn_url

#AllEyesOnWestBank #EndTheOccupation #SettlersOut
#FoodAsWeapon
#PermanentCeasfireNow #EndBlockadeOfGaza #RestoreFundsToUNRWA
#IsraelWarCrimes #ArrestNetanyahuAndGallant #USHandsOffICC
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine
#StopArmingIsrael
#BDS #DivestFromIsrael
#SolidarityWithPalestine is #NotAntisemitism
#EqualRightsForAllFromTheRiverToTheSea is #NotAntisemitic
#JewHatredHurtsPalestine
#Israel #Palestine #MiddleEast #WestAsia
#news #press #politics @palestine @israel

#Israel has denied entry into #Gaza to a group of #doctors & #humanitarian #workers hours before they were set to enter, as #Palestinian officials report that more than two dozen #children & #elderly people have died of #starvation in recent days.

https://bsky.app/profile/meganotoole.bsky.social/post/3lprrbp7ty22w

#Israeli Ambassador to the US; "Anti semitism is on the rise because of countries like France."

Hysterical reaction

Journalists covering the #Israeli #genocide become a target and are more at risk of violence. The situation is rapidly deteriorating for journalists in #Gaza. We call upon the #Dutch government, @minpresnl.bsky.social: draw a red line! ow.ly/5epB50VX10p Mohammed Zaanoun #rodelijn #pressfreedom

It was so obvious that anyone paying attention to facts and not propaganda would see it; it was in plain sight.

How the defeat of Democrats by a convicted felon clown was predicated on their own acts (or lack of). Also how today's tragedy in #Gaza was caused by the support the #Biden administration gave to the Nazi-inspired #Israeli monsters. Knowingly.

Search for:

#gaza from:@65dBnoise
or
Biden from:@65dBnoise

in Mastodon's search

Cause and effect in history.

*BREAKING*

Two #Israeli embassy staff have been shot dead in Washington DC by somebody who allegedly shouted "Free #Palestine"

#BreakingNews

"Two #Israeli #embassy staff were #killed outside a #Jewish museum in downtown #WashingtonDC, according to US Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem.

The victims, a man and woman, were shot while exiting an event at the Capital Jewish Museum, sources told the BBC's news partner CBS, adding that the incident appears targeted.

The #shooting happened at 21:05 local time around 3rd and F Streets NW, an area with numerous tourist sites, museums and government buildings, including an #FBI's Washington field office."

https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vgrkdje1ro

This study sounds interesting!

"Krasner and his #research team found six distinct categories of #Jewish #students they describe this way:

The Affirmed: Students whose pro-#Israel #activism and connection to Jewish identity deepened after Oct. 7
The Aggrieved: #Activist students who felt betrayed by Jewish institutions
The Retrenched: Students who retreated into private Jewish spaces for safety and support
The Conflicted: Students grappling with the moral and political complexities of the #Israeli-#Palestinian conflict
The Disillusioned: Students let down by Jewish and Israeli institutions, fostering skepticism and distrust but not action
The Disengaged: Students who distanced themselves from both Jewish and #campus political discourse, often due to a desire to avoid conflict"

https://forward.com/forward-newsletters/antisemitism-decoded/721972/six-categories-of-jewish-students-fill-in-the-missing-middle-pieces-of-campus-antisemitism-puzzle/

Two of the last functioning hospitals in northern #Gaza are encircled by #Israeli forces, staff say

By SARAH EL DEEB
Updated 10:42 AM EDT, May 21, 2025

"Two of northern Gaza’s last functioning hospitals have been encircled by Israeli troops, preventing anyone from leaving or entering the facilities, hospital staff and aid groups said this week, as Israel pursued its renewed offensive into the devastated #Palestinian territory.

"The #IndonesianHospital and #AlAwdaHospital are among the region’s only surviving medical centers. Both have come under fire this week, including shelling at al-Awda that happened Wednesday as The Associated Press spoke to its director on the phone.

"A third hospital, #KamalAdwan, is out of service, its director said, citing Israeli troops and drones in its vicinity."

https://apnews.com/article/gaza-israel-palestinians-hamas-hospitals-health-war-c7e55bab701799808f7c881d4f5fcef9

#Israeli forces fired “warning shots” near a foreign delegation on the #WestBank. Those people got off easily. Israel targets #journalists & #kids for #assassination. It wouldn’t be possible without the #US.

https://www.blackagendareport.com/bidens-fate-and-israels-sadistic-revenge

I know many of you watched #EUROVISION this year, despite #Israel being permitted to enter by #EBU.

Perhaps you would consider making a donation to help those suffering in #Gaza under the continuing #Israeli #genocide.

https://donate.redcross.org.uk/appeal/gaza-crisis-appeal?c_name=Gaza%20Crisis%20Appeal&c_source=Homepage%20Promo%20Box&c_medium=Internal&c_creative=rescue%20rubble&c_code=175149&adg=BRC%20Site

As an Irishman, I can't agree more. The #British tried for 800 years to eradicate #IrishIndependence and all they did was create more people prepared to die for our cause. It was a cycle of death, famine, genocide and destruction. One day, someone will enter the centre of Tel Aviv and commit an act of mass muder and destruction the likes of which no #Israeli will have ever seen and it will be their own fault.
#NeverStopTalkingAboutPalestine #Palestine #IsraelWarCrimes

#Israeli MP #MichalWaldiger Says, 'No One in #Gaza Is Innocent,' Supports Killing #Children: 'Yes. Children should also be killed. There is no other way. »

There still exist real #Americans who have voices and spines and know how to use them.

Meet one of them: Joe Lopez, a Microsoft firmware engineer.

"The world has already woken up to our complicity and is turning against us. The boycotts will increase and our image will continue to spiral into disrepair."

No Azure for Apartheid (Noaa) is a worker-led group who protest against the use of #Microsoft's Azure cloud by the #Israeli monsters.

https://www.theguardian.com/technology/2025/may/19/microsoft-ceo-speech-palestinian-protest

Absolutely insane headline. This is what genocide looks like. This is what our ruling classes have decided will be normal.

#Israeli government agency paid for adverts targeting #Eurovision Song Contest public vote

And that explains why they came second when, in every other round, they were getting very few votes.

https://spotlight.ebu.ch/p/israeli-government-agency-paid-for